Tag: Gaza
Rocket hits Israeli mall in Ashkelon
Ashkelon has been hit with another rocket attack from Palestiniant militants in Gaza. The rocket hit a local shopping mall, injuring several people. The attack comes as President George Bush is touring the...
Bush Celebrates Israel's Birthday Amid Rocket Fire
President George Bush was doing his best to put a happy face on an unhappy situation in Palestine. I'm not sure how he can do any good with everyone knowing he's soon on his way out." JERUSALEM (AP) --...
70 year old Grandmother killed by qassam rocket ...
Shuli Katz 70 year old Israeli woman from Kibbutz Gvaraam mother of 4 was killed yesterday from a qassam rocket fired from Hamas controlled Gaza strip, Shuli is the 13th Israeli qassam victim since the...
Hamas to Demonstrate Near Gaza-Israel Borders on ...
With Israeli-Palestinian tensions already running high, Hamas is planning to stage a protest against Israel's recent blockade of the Gaza Strip on Thursday."The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Monday called on...
Israel allows fuel back into Gaza
Israel has resumed fuel deliveries to the besieged Gaza Strip, twodays after Gaza's only power plant shut down because of fuel shortages."An Israeli security official said the Nahal Oz terminal reopened for fuel...
Fuel-shortage blackouts in Gaza
Gaza remains in darkness because of fuel shortages caused by Israeli fuel cuts to Palestine."There have been widespread electricity blackouts in the Gaza Strip after the territory's only power plant shut down.It ran...
Sderot under attack , one dead in Kibbutz kfar aza
Sderot a small town in the south west of Israel borders with Hamas controlled Gaza strip was hit this morning by 20 qassam rockets fired from Gaza, one of the rockets hit a synoguge during the sabath morning prayers...
A Human Rights Crime
Retired American President and tireless peace activist Jimmy Carter speaks out about the siege of Gaza, and the betrayal of the USA's vaunted stand for Middle East democracy in today's editorial commentary published...
Gaza Facing Food Crisis, says UN
With a shocking 70% of Gaza residents living "at a 'deep poverty' income level of $1.20...per head per day or less", Gazans are also facing an unprecedented food crisis and a rapid deterioration in public...
Fuel shortage forces UN to halt Gaza food aid
What is happening in Gaza right now? "The UN is to halt food handouts for up to 800,000 Palestinians from tomorrow because of a severe fuel shortage in Gaza brought on by an Israeli economic blockade.John Ging, the director of operations in Gaza for the UN Relief and Works...
Israeli tank shell kills woman, her four children...
[i] the silent genocide continues. [ii] this is how suicide bombers are created[iii] and this justifies indiscriminate murder of civillians?" [i] An Israeli tank shell slammed into a tiny Gaza Strip home yesterday, killing a Palestinian woman and four of her children as they...
In Gaza: no shoe nor a drop of fuel
Siege imposed on the Gaza strip has become the first concern for Palestinian citizens who live in the biggest jail ever in this world. Those civilians are severely suffering from the Israeli collective punishment...
Israel Rejects 6 Month Gaza Truce
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIsrael's rejection of a 6 month truce in the Gaza by Hamas, certainly will not play well in the international stage. Rejection may be seen by Hamas to say to...
Hamas Offers 6 Month Gaza Truce With Israel
Hamas has offered a limited time truce with Israel to create a "period of quiet" in the Gaza Strip for 6 months."The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has proposed a six-monthtruce between Israel and Palestinians in...
Israelis Claim Secret Agreement With U.S.
Another example of the wide chasm between the US's stated policies on Palestine and its behind-the-scenes agreements with Israel. It's hard to see why they would make this public now though, and whether this was done...
